noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the theory of evolution/relativity etc
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According to the theory of relativity, nothing can travel faster than light.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
general
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Einstein's original equations of general relativity predicted that the universe was either expanding or contracting.
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Bondi was then a professor of mathematics at Kings College, London, and an expert on general relativity .
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Ten years later he produced singlehanded his monumental theory of gravity - the general theory of relativity .
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Einstein's general relativity is what is called a classical theory; that is, it does not incorporate the uncertainty principle.
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We then went to a summer school in general relativity at Cornell University in upstate New York.
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The theory of general relativity predicts an infinite curvature, but whether such a physical singularity can really occur is not known.
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The general theory of relativity is what is called a classical theory.
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The fact that Einstein's general theory of relativity turned out to predict singularities led to a crisis in physics.
special
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A final paragraph for the benefit of a reader with some knowledge of special relativity .
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On the other hand, special relativity tells us something deep about physical reality, in relation to the nature of time.
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Dirac's theory was the first of its kind that was consistent with both quantum mechanics and the special theory of relativity .
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Let us try to understand the basics of special relativity in terms of the magnificent space-time of Minkowski.
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Nearly all undergraduate texts on special relativity attempt to display the novel physical concepts of the theory at minimal mathematical cost.
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Like special relativity , the monotraumatic theory is a restricted one, applicable only to certain specified frames of reference.
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In most cases he was nominated for his work on both special and general relativity .
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In addition the metric of the frame in free fall is locally that of special relativity .
■ NOUN
principle
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Einstein had no intention of abandoning the relativity principle .
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I have not yet explained how the relativity principle is actually incorporated into this scheme of things.
theory
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Unlike relativity theory , quantum theory is beginning to have a really significant impact on technology.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bondi was then a professor of mathematics at Kings College, London, and an expert on general relativity .
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Einstein's original equations of general relativity predicted that the universe was either expanding or contracting.
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He uses relativity to throw light on time and eternity, and indeterminacy to comment on free will.
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However, as we have seen, classical general relativity predicts its own downfall.
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The first kind of relativity , then, has to do with the conditions that define the methodology of enquiry.
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They develop a form which conforms to their comprehension of relativity and which therefore adequately expresses it.
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You could say that, de Nesle replied; or at least, relativity does come into it.